Posted on 07/01/2020 3:29:27 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Being rather unwoke, I was mystified as to why it is forbidden to utter “all lives matter” or allude in any way to the horrific frequency of black-on-black urban crime. It turns out that merely being opposed to racism is not the same as being antiracist. Who knew? “Antiracist” requires adherence to the precept that all disparities are attributable to race and only to race. Therefore, anything that distracts from, complicates, or contradicts that precept is itself a racist act, even if factually true. (The spectacular anti-intellectualism of the defective products coming out of our universities is stunning.)
Once I finally grasped the simplicity and blinding stupidity of “antiracism,” I was immediately reminded of the Star Trek episode “The Changeling” (1967) the plot of which was reprised in the Star Trek movie (1979).
Remember how Capt. Kirk got the mutated/merged robotic Nomad (V’ger in the movie version) to destroy itself? Nomad was busily wiping out life forms from planets all over the quadrant but got the idea that James T. Kirk was its “creator” and Kirk used that to defeat the creature:
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The Census chart referenced is interesting and may prove useful in your debates with your children who are doing the college at home thing now.
Thanks - this is a really good analysis. Helps if a person knows the Star Trek eps, but not necessary.
You are welcome. I’m a sucker for a Star Trek analogy, particularly if it is from the original series.
Why all the love for Nomad? Are Landru and M5 chopped liver?
Debate?!
Just threaten to feed them to that planet-eating cream horn thing if they pull any of that commie crap at home.
Well, when you boil it all down, we all are just ugly bags of mostly water.
Or maybe a hungry Horta, a cranky Gorn...
That which is not Constitutional must be sterilized!! And there are no exceptions!!
Too merciful... death by tribble (no details I might get banned)
Yeah, I still sometimes call dollars “quatloos”.
I think the concept of the article was somewhat similarly addressed by gamers who called PC-SJWs “NPCs” - “non playable characters” in video games who just follow their program and can’t respond/interact beyond that limit.
Landru seeks tranquility. Peace for all. The universal good.
Kirk’s normal “go-to” move with unhinged AI’s was to trick them into calculating to the last decimal the value of pi or the square root of two.
Within minutes, the computer’s memory banks would be a smoking husk.
Actually, death by Tribble is how I’d like to go if given a choice...
How’s this for an idea...
Stella, dear!
Make antifa replace their prime directive and believe that Soros needs to be ‘sterilized’.
I had a partner once we nicknamed Nomad because he liked to fire anyone he found imperfect in any way. I would have loved to transport him off the ship!
Um, he also did it with the M5, Landru, etc, etc.
WHY THIS THREAD??? Now I am forced to binge watch 20 episodes of TOS tonight! AAAHHHH!!!
No Festival to you!
Lol. The Red Hour.
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